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- the present invention relates to a stapling apparatus, and more particularly, to a spring actuated stapler with a simple leaf spring actuation mechanism.
- a spring-actuated stapler In a spring-actuated stapler, when an external force is applied to the stapler (usually by pressing a cover of the stapler), a spring element is loaded, and at the same time a striking plate is moved from an initial position to a release position. When the striking plate arrives at the release position, the spring element is unloaded to powerfully drive the striking plate from the release position back to the initial position to individually dispense a staple from a staple magazine.
- the stapler comprises a striking plate for dispensing a staple from a staple magazine, a leaf spring engaged with the striking plate for driving said striking plate, and an actuation bar for lifting the leaf spring from a first position to a second position whereby lifting the striking plate from an initial position to a release position in which the leaf spring is released from the actuation bar to powerfully drive the striking plate towards the initial position.
- the actuation bar comprises a laterally protruding lug which is adapted to push upward a tab provided on the leaf spring so as to lift the leaf spring when an external force is applied to the actuation bar.
- the tab disengages itself from the lug when the leaf spring reaches the second position where the striking plate is lifted to the release position.
- the actuation bar has a front end movable along a guiding ramp when the external force is applied to the actuation bar, thus improving reliability and accuracy of the engagement between the lug of the actuation bar and the tab of the leaf spring.
- the engagement between the tab and the lug is such that the tab slides on an upper surface of the lug towards an edge of the lug when the front end of the actuation bar moves along the guiding ramp, and drops from the edge of the lug when the leaf spring reaches the second position, whereby releasing the leaf spring from the actuation bar.
- FIG. 1 a schematically and partially illustrates a preferred embodiment of the stapler according to the present invention
- FIG. 1 b schematically illustrates the paths of the returning movement of the lugs and tabs in FIG. 1 a ;
- FIG. 2 a - 2 d are partial perspective views showing the actuation mechanism of the stapler of FIG. 1 at various operational stages.
- the stapler mainly comprises a magazine 40 for accommodating a staple stick 41 , a base 50 for placing a work piece 70 (such as a stack of paper) thereon, and a cover 60 for accepting a pressing force from a user for a stapling operation, as illustrated in FIG. 1 .
- the striking plate 10 is first lifted from an initial position to a release position (as shown in dashed line), leaving a slot space below into which a single staple is pushed from the staple stick 41 under a biasing force from the compressed spring 42 .
- the single staple is driven into the work piece 70 on the base 50 to staple the work piece 70 .
- the improvement of the present invention is generally in the mechanism for actuating the striking plate 10 during the stapling operation, as will be described in detail below.
- the actuation mechanism of the preferred embodiment of the present invention mainly comprises a leaf spring 20 for driving the striking plate 10 between the initial position and the release position, and an actuation bar 30 for lifting the leaf spring 20 from a lower position to an upper position (as shown in dashed lines) so as to lift the striking plate 10 from the initial position to the release position.
- a leaf spring 20 for driving the striking plate 10 between the initial position and the release position
- an actuation bar 30 for lifting the leaf spring 20 from a lower position to an upper position (as shown in dashed lines) so as to lift the striking plate 10 from the initial position to the release position.
- a front end 22 of the leaf spring 20 engages with the striking plate 10 (e.g., by a hole in the striking plate 10 ) so that the front end 22 of the leaf spring 20 moves together with the striking plate 10 , whereby driving the striking plate 10 to move vertically between the initial position and the release position.
- a back end 23 of the leaf spring 20 is fixed to the magazine 40 , for example, on an upper surface 43 of the housing body of the magazine 40 .
- the leaf spring 20 When there is no external force applied to actuation bar 30 , the actuation bar 30 is in an idle position, the leaf spring 20 remains in the lower position and the striking plate 10 rests in the initial position, as shown by the solid lines. During the stapling operation, the leaf spring 20 is lifted from the lower position to the upper position and brings the striking plate 10 from the initial position to the release position. At the same time, the leaf spring 20 is loaded when it is lifted upwards.
- an external force (“F” in FIG. 1 a ) is applied to the actuation bar 30 , e.g., by pressing on the cover 60 .
- the actuation bar 30 comes into engagement with the leaf spring 20 and lifts the leaf spring 20 from the lower position to the upper position, whereby bringing the striking plate 10 from the initial position to the release position, as described above.
- the actuation bar 30 has a rounded L-shaped front end 32 .
- the L-shaped front end 32 is slightly apart from a ramp 33 formed on the upper surface 43 of the magazine 40 .
- the front end 32 is pushed forward to abut against the ramp 33 and moves upward along the ramp 33 .
- a pair of lugs 31 are provided on the actuation bar 30 (as best shown in FIGS. 2 a - 2 d ), which protrude laterally from the length of the actuation bar 30 .
- the lugs 31 come into contact with a pair of tabs 21 (best shown in FIGS. 2 a - 2 d ).
- the lugs 31 push the tabs 21 upward, whereby lifting the leaf spring 20 toward its upper position as shown in dashed lines, and at the same time loading the leaf spring 20 . Consequently, the striking plate 10 is lifted by the front end 22 of the leaf spring 20 to the release position against a biasing force from the leaf spring 20 , as shown in dashed lines.
- the tabs 21 are able to slide backward along an upper surface of the lugs 31 .
- the upper surface of the lugs 31 function as a ramp for the tabs 21 .
- the lugs 31 may assume an angle (e.g., 30 degree) from a main flat body of the actuation bar 30 .
- the tabs 21 reach back edges 31 a of lugs 31 and drop from the lugs 31 to disengage themselves from the lugs 31 .
- the tabs 21 return to their initial positions (i.e., the lower position shown in solid lines), and the load in the leaf spring 20 is released, which powerfully drives the striking plate 10 from the release position to the initial position where the striking plate 10 strikes a stapler into the work piece 70 .
- a biasing mechanism is provided to the actuation bar 30 so that after the external force applied to the actuation bar 30 is released, the actuation bar 30 can automatically return to its initial position (as shown in solid lines) under a biasing force.
- the biasing force is provided by a resilient lever 34 which connects the actuation bar 30 at a back end 35 to the upper surface 43 of the magazine 40 .
- the resilient lever 34 is brought to bend forward and the biasing force is loaded in the resilient lever 34 .
- the resilient lever 34 returns to its initial position and pulls the actuation bar 30 back to its initial position as well.
- the lugs 31 of the actuation bar 30 are not obstructed by the tabs 21 (which have returned to their initial positions) on their way of returning to their initial positions after the external force is removed. As illustrated in FIG. 1 b , after the external force is removed, the lugs 31 are pulled backward by the biasing force from the resilient lever 34 and move along path “B” which is not obstructed by the tabs 21 which have dropped to their initial positions from the lugs 31 along the path “A”.
- FIG. 2 a shows the actuation mechanism in a position before or after a stapling operation, in which the actuation bar 30 rests in its initial idle position because there is no external force applied on it.
- the lugs 31 on the actuation bar 30 are not engaged with the tabs 21 of the leaf spring 20 .
- the striking plate 10 rests in the initial position, and the leaf spring 20 is in the lower position.
- the leaf spring 20 After the leaf spring 20 reaches the upper position and the striking plate 10 reaches the release position as shown in FIGS. 2 b and 2 c , when the L-shaped front end 32 further moves upwards along the ramp 33 , the tabs 21 of the leaf spring 10 drops from the back edges 31 a of the lugs 31 to disengage the leaf spring 10 from the actuation bar 30 . Under the biasing force built in the leaf spring 20 during the loading stage, the leaf spring 20 snaps back to the lower position, and at the same time powerfully drives the striking plate 10 back to the initial position for stapling the work piece 70 , as shown in FIG. 3 d.
- the external force is removed from the actuation bar 30 .
- the actuation bar 30 returns to its initial position, as shown in FIG. 2 a , and ready for a next stapling operation.
- the flat shaped tabs 21 may be implemented as a pair of laterally protruding rods mounted on the leaf spring 20 .
- the resilient lever 34 can be replaced by any proper biasing mechanism for returning the actuation bar 30 toward its initial position.
- the actuation bar 30 can also be a leaf spring with the back end 35 connected to the cover 60 . Therefore, the scope of the present invention is solely intended to be defined by the accompanying claims.
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- The present invention relates to a stapling apparatus, and more particularly, to a spring actuated stapler with a simple leaf spring actuation mechanism.
- In a spring-actuated stapler, when an external force is applied to the stapler (usually by pressing a cover of the stapler), a spring element is loaded, and at the same time a striking plate is moved from an initial position to a release position. When the striking plate arrives at the release position, the spring element is unloaded to powerfully drive the striking plate from the release position back to the initial position to individually dispense a staple from a staple magazine.
- There are numerous spring actuation mechanisms to carry out the above operations, however, efforts have never stopped in designing better ones with improvement in simplicity, preciseness and reliability.
- The present invention provides a stapler with a novel leaf spring actuation mechanism. According to the teaching of the present invention, the stapler comprises a striking plate for dispensing a staple from a staple magazine, a leaf spring engaged with the striking plate for driving said striking plate, and an actuation bar for lifting the leaf spring from a first position to a second position whereby lifting the striking plate from an initial position to a release position in which the leaf spring is released from the actuation bar to powerfully drive the striking plate towards the initial position.
- In a preferred embodiment, the actuation bar comprises a laterally protruding lug which is adapted to push upward a tab provided on the leaf spring so as to lift the leaf spring when an external force is applied to the actuation bar.
- Preferably, the tab disengages itself from the lug when the leaf spring reaches the second position where the striking plate is lifted to the release position.
- Preferably, the actuation bar has a front end movable along a guiding ramp when the external force is applied to the actuation bar, thus improving reliability and accuracy of the engagement between the lug of the actuation bar and the tab of the leaf spring.
- Preferably, the engagement between the tab and the lug is such that the tab slides on an upper surface of the lug towards an edge of the lug when the front end of the actuation bar moves along the guiding ramp, and drops from the edge of the lug when the leaf spring reaches the second position, whereby releasing the leaf spring from the actuation bar.
- The above and other features and advantages of the present invention can be understood better after reading the following detailed description of the preferred embodiment of the present invention with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:
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FIG. 1 a schematically and partially illustrates a preferred embodiment of the stapler according to the present invention; -
FIG. 1 b schematically illustrates the paths of the returning movement of the lugs and tabs inFIG. 1 a; and -
FIG. 2 a-2 d are partial perspective views showing the actuation mechanism of the stapler ofFIG. 1 at various operational stages. - Similar to a conventional stapler, the stapler according to the present invention mainly comprises a
magazine 40 for accommodating astaple stick 41, abase 50 for placing a work piece 70 (such as a stack of paper) thereon, and acover 60 for accepting a pressing force from a user for a stapling operation, as illustrated inFIG. 1 . During a stapling operation, thestriking plate 10 is first lifted from an initial position to a release position (as shown in dashed line), leaving a slot space below into which a single staple is pushed from thestaple stick 41 under a biasing force from thecompressed spring 42. When thestriking plate 10 is driven from the release position back to its initial position, the single staple is driven into thework piece 70 on thebase 50 to staple thework piece 70. - The improvement of the present invention is generally in the mechanism for actuating the
striking plate 10 during the stapling operation, as will be described in detail below. - As schematically illustrated in
FIG. 1 a, the actuation mechanism of the preferred embodiment of the present invention mainly comprises aleaf spring 20 for driving thestriking plate 10 between the initial position and the release position, and anactuation bar 30 for lifting theleaf spring 20 from a lower position to an upper position (as shown in dashed lines) so as to lift thestriking plate 10 from the initial position to the release position. As will explained in more detail below, when theleaf spring 20 reaches the upper position and therefore thestriking plate 10 is brought to the release position, theleaf spring 20 is released from theactuation bar 30, and powerfully drives thestriking plate 10 from the release position back to the initial position when the leaf spring returns from the upper position back to the lower position. - A
front end 22 of theleaf spring 20 engages with the striking plate 10 (e.g., by a hole in the striking plate 10) so that thefront end 22 of theleaf spring 20 moves together with thestriking plate 10, whereby driving thestriking plate 10 to move vertically between the initial position and the release position. Aback end 23 of theleaf spring 20 is fixed to themagazine 40, for example, on anupper surface 43 of the housing body of themagazine 40. - When there is no external force applied to
actuation bar 30, theactuation bar 30 is in an idle position, theleaf spring 20 remains in the lower position and thestriking plate 10 rests in the initial position, as shown by the solid lines. During the stapling operation, theleaf spring 20 is lifted from the lower position to the upper position and brings thestriking plate 10 from the initial position to the release position. At the same time, theleaf spring 20 is loaded when it is lifted upwards. - In the stapling operation, an external force (“F” in
FIG. 1 a) is applied to theactuation bar 30, e.g., by pressing on thecover 60. Under the external force, theactuation bar 30 comes into engagement with theleaf spring 20 and lifts theleaf spring 20 from the lower position to the upper position, whereby bringing thestriking plate 10 from the initial position to the release position, as described above. - In the preferred embodiment illustrated in
FIG. 1 a, theactuation bar 30 has a rounded L-shapedfront end 32. In the idle position, the L-shaped front end 32 is slightly apart from aramp 33 formed on theupper surface 43 of themagazine 40. When the external force is applied to theactuation bar 30, thefront end 32 is pushed forward to abut against theramp 33 and moves upward along theramp 33. - A pair of
lugs 31 are provided on the actuation bar 30 (as best shown inFIGS. 2 a-2 d), which protrude laterally from the length of theactuation bar 30. When the L-shaped front end 32 is pushed forward by the external force applied to theactuation bar 30, thelugs 31 come into contact with a pair of tabs 21 (best shown inFIGS. 2 a-2 d). When the L-shaped front end 32 is pushed, under the external force applied to theactuation bar 30, to moves upward along theramp 33, thelugs 31 push thetabs 21 upward, whereby lifting theleaf spring 20 toward its upper position as shown in dashed lines, and at the same time loading theleaf spring 20. Consequently, thestriking plate 10 is lifted by thefront end 22 of theleaf spring 20 to the release position against a biasing force from theleaf spring 20, as shown in dashed lines. - Preferably, when the
front end 32 moves upward along theramp 33, thetabs 21 are able to slide backward along an upper surface of thelugs 31. Thus, the upper surface of thelugs 31 function as a ramp for thetabs 21. In a preferred design, thelugs 31 may assume an angle (e.g., 30 degree) from a main flat body of theactuation bar 30. - When the
leaf spring 20 reaches the upper position and therefore thestriking plate 10 reaches the release position, thetabs 21 reach backedges 31 a oflugs 31 and drop from thelugs 31 to disengage themselves from thelugs 31. Under the biasing force loaded in theleaf spring 20, thetabs 21 return to their initial positions (i.e., the lower position shown in solid lines), and the load in theleaf spring 20 is released, which powerfully drives thestriking plate 10 from the release position to the initial position where thestriking plate 10 strikes a stapler into thework piece 70. - Preferably, a biasing mechanism is provided to the
actuation bar 30 so that after the external force applied to theactuation bar 30 is released, theactuation bar 30 can automatically return to its initial position (as shown in solid lines) under a biasing force. In the embodiment shown inFIG. 1 a, the biasing force is provided by aresilient lever 34 which connects theactuation bar 30 at aback end 35 to theupper surface 43 of themagazine 40. When theactuation bar 30 moves forward under the external force applied to it through thecover 60, theresilient lever 34 is brought to bend forward and the biasing force is loaded in theresilient lever 34. When the external force is removed, the load built in theresilient lever 34 is released, and theresilient lever 34 returns to its initial position and pulls theactuation bar 30 back to its initial position as well. - It is important that the
lugs 31 of theactuation bar 30 are not obstructed by the tabs 21 (which have returned to their initial positions) on their way of returning to their initial positions after the external force is removed. As illustrated inFIG. 1 b, after the external force is removed, thelugs 31 are pulled backward by the biasing force from theresilient lever 34 and move along path “B” which is not obstructed by thetabs 21 which have dropped to their initial positions from thelugs 31 along the path “A”. - The engagement between the
lugs 31 and thetabs 21 are illustrated more clearly in perspective views 2 a-2 d, which show the actuation mechanism according to the present invention in various operational stages. -
FIG. 2 a shows the actuation mechanism in a position before or after a stapling operation, in which theactuation bar 30 rests in its initial idle position because there is no external force applied on it. Thelugs 31 on theactuation bar 30 are not engaged with thetabs 21 of theleaf spring 20. Thestriking plate 10 rests in the initial position, and theleaf spring 20 is in the lower position. - During the loading stage of the stapling operation, when the
front end 32 of theactuation bar 30 is pushed forward by an external force, thelugs 31 come into engagement with thetabs 31 and push thetabs 21 upward when thefront end 32 moves upward along theramp 33, until theleaf spring 20 reaches the upper position where thestriking plate 10 is lifted to the release position, as shown inFIGS. 2 b and 2 c in different angels of view. In this stage, thetabs 21 slide backward along the upper surface of thelugs 31 toward theback edges 31 a of thelugs 31. - After the
leaf spring 20 reaches the upper position and thestriking plate 10 reaches the release position as shown inFIGS. 2 b and 2 c, when the L-shaped front end 32 further moves upwards along theramp 33, thetabs 21 of theleaf spring 10 drops from theback edges 31 a of thelugs 31 to disengage theleaf spring 10 from theactuation bar 30. Under the biasing force built in theleaf spring 20 during the loading stage, theleaf spring 20 snaps back to the lower position, and at the same time powerfully drives thestriking plate 10 back to the initial position for stapling thework piece 70, as shown inFIG. 3 d. - After the stapling operation is finished, the external force is removed from the
actuation bar 30. Under the biasing force from the resilient lever 34 (seeFIG. 1 a), theactuation bar 30 returns to its initial position, as shown inFIG. 2 a, and ready for a next stapling operation. - Although the above has described several preferred embodiments, it is appreciated that numerous adaptations, changes, variations and modifications are possible to a person skilled in the art without departing the spirit of the present invention. For example, the flat
shaped tabs 21 may be implemented as a pair of laterally protruding rods mounted on theleaf spring 20. Theresilient lever 34 can be replaced by any proper biasing mechanism for returning theactuation bar 30 toward its initial position. For example, theactuation bar 30 can also be a leaf spring with theback end 35 connected to thecover 60. Therefore, the scope of the present invention is solely intended to be defined by the accompanying claims.
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